Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students With Disabilities

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students With Disabilities

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students With Disabilities

In this American Journal of Public Health Editorial, the authors build on a previous article to explore the impact of COVID on students with a disability in the context of Higher Education. They reference a survey conducted as part of a report released by the Association on Higher Education and Disability, noting that whilst toolkits for the creation of accessible resources are available (and the authors link to one such toolkit), the need of students with a disability was often left behind in the rush to remote. The authors reference Department of Education guidelines and how they failed to provide concrete guidance (which is needed given a “lack of consensus on how to adhere to public health recommendations and nondiscrimination laws”). After outlining impact on access to health, the authors call for more explicit guidelines to be produced.

Chugani, C.D., Houtrow, A.

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305983

American Journal of Public Health

December 2020

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https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305983